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If he is not Canadian, would it be different for such drug case?

vkazanov 8y ago
Not sure about China but in many Asian countries drug-related crimes are considered to be very, VERY serious, and often lead to death sentencies: Vietnam, Thailand, Phillipines all have very strict laws here. For non-foreigners this normally means death sentence. Foreigners do sometimes get some sort of special treatment.
threatofrain 8y ago
The timing for reviewing a case already concluded and the rare step of inviting western media suggests narrative play. China did warn of severe consequences. At the very least, China wouldn’t have allowed a low level official to determine international discourse. Perhaps China is at least suggesting the same thing to Canada -- don't allow a low level process to interfere with high stakes conversation.
jdhn 8y ago
Maybe, maybe not. I do believe that if he wasn't Canadian, we wouldn't be hearing about it.
- dwild 8y ago
  > Maybe, maybe not. I do believe that if he wasn't Canadian, we wouldn't be hearing about it. For sure and the same is true before Huawei arrest. This has nothing to do with his case but with how China use Canadian in their country to threaten us (I'm Canadian).
schuke 8y ago
Probably not. Death sentence for drug-related crimes are very common in China. A British citizen got death sentence too a few years back.
- mongol 8y ago
  Was he executed?
  - crashtec 8y ago
    from what i read this morning yes he was, don't have the source available on my hands right now
tapland 8y ago
They held a one day retrial after he requested a retrial of his 15 year sentence a while back.
ReptileMan 8y ago
Doubtful. In China (and majority of east and se asia) severe drug penalties are common. Do not touch drugs in the areas. A friend from Shanghai once told me that he has heard (apply huge grain of salt) that there are 5000 drug related executions in China yearly - mostly in the southern and western parts of the country. It is probably his original sentence was a show of clemency towards canadian citizen which they now take back.
roboys 8y ago
If he was not Canadian and the 2 countries weren't on good terms, he may have gotten the death sentence in 2014 instead of just 15 years. Even 1/4kg (let alone 200kg) of meth is a death sentence in most Asian countries. Canada choosing to enforce illegal unilateral sanctions against Iran means no more kid gloves for Canadian citizens. I hope it was worth it...

Not sure about China but in many Asian countries drug-related crimes are considered to be very, VERY serious, and often lead to death sentencies: Vietnam, Thailand, Phillipines all have very strict laws here. For non-foreigners this normally means death sentence. Foreigners do sometimes get some sort of special treatment.

threatofrain 8y ago

The timing for reviewing a case already concluded and the rare step of inviting western media suggests narrative play. China did warn of severe consequences. At the very least, China wouldn’t have allowed a low level official to determine international discourse. Perhaps China is at least suggesting the same thing to Canada -- don't allow a low level process to interfere with high stakes conversation.

jdhn 8y ago

Maybe, maybe not. I do believe that if he wasn't Canadian, we wouldn't be hearing about it.

dwild 8y ago
> Maybe, maybe not. I do believe that if he wasn't Canadian, we wouldn't be hearing about it. For sure and the same is true before Huawei arrest. This has nothing to do with his case but with how China use Canadian in their country to threaten us (I'm Canadian).

schuke 8y ago

Probably not. Death sentence for drug-related crimes are very common in China. A British citizen got death sentence too a few years back.

mongol 8y ago
Was he executed?
- crashtec 8y ago
  from what i read this morning yes he was, don't have the source available on my hands right now

tapland 8y ago

They held a one day retrial after he requested a retrial of his 15 year sentence a while back.

ReptileMan 8y ago

Doubtful. In China (and majority of east and se asia) severe drug penalties are common. Do not touch drugs in the areas. A friend from Shanghai once told me that he has heard (apply huge grain of salt) that there are 5000 drug related executions in China yearly - mostly in the southern and western parts of the country. It is probably his original sentence was a show of clemency towards canadian citizen which they now take back.

roboys 8y ago

If he was not Canadian and the 2 countries weren't on good terms, he may have gotten the death sentence in 2014 instead of just 15 years. Even 1/4kg (let alone 200kg) of meth is a death sentence in most Asian countries. Canada choosing to enforce illegal unilateral sanctions against Iran means no more kid gloves for Canadian citizens. I hope it was worth it...